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Page Fourteen THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday, June 28, .1962 UNDER 21 A column for teen-agers By Dan Halligan DEAR DAN: I'm a girl of 19 and I want to know if it would hurt my reputation to date this man in the office where I work. He's about 26, very neat and good looking. The main problem is that he's now in the process of getting a divorce. (All of the trouble was his wife's fault.) He's dated two other girls here and they had such nicc times they're only sorry he doesn't ask them out oftener. I live with my grandparents and when I asked them about 1 his. they flew off the handle. Is there any harra. in a date with him? Nice Girl. DEAR NICE <ilRL: While the dating wouldn't hurt your reputation, it wouldn't do it any g;ood. Divorced men, whether or not they're to blame, * always have a strike on , them and some parents and grandparents just don't approve. You have to live day by day with your grandparents and if tliey say no, you'd better say no too. DEAR DAN: I'm a wonderful swimmer, love the water and am athletic but I feel as self-conscious as any girl could in a bathing suit. It isn't that I don't have a^ figure, because I do -- a good one. Neither is it because I'm a shy girl of 14 or 15. I'm 18 and have always felt this way. Many times I've missed out on beach parties and things like that because I knew a crowd would be there and I'd be observed. Is there something I can do /to get over this feeling? It isn't natural and it's beginning to worry me -- DEAR E. S.: The trouble Ts"lrrfntal and from what you wrote, there is no trouble. You know you're missing out on fun, that this 'problem" is unreal and yet you allow it to j dominate you. You're the one who's going to have to make 1 the decision and as long as you don't have two heads or five ; legs, enjoy yourself. Makes Vows How Can 1 ?l ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS SISTER MCKI.E Sister Nicele, daughter of Mrs. Nick M. .Justen of 1405 N. Green street. McHenry, recently made perpetual vows in thr. Order of St. Francis with thirteefi other classmates at M a d o n n a h i g n s c h o o l i n Aurora. Bishop Loras T. Lane presided- at the impressive ceremony. Sister Nicele will teach at Pius hijih school in Milwaukee, Wis., and will continue her teaching duties at an undisclosed school in the fall. Attending the ceremony in Aurora were Rev. Fr. Eugene Baumhofer, Mrs. Nick M. Justen and daughters, Marie Martin, Clarene Justen and Greta Martin. DEAR DAN: Are.-braids out of place for a girl of 16? I wear my hair quite long and sometimes I like to have it in braids. My boy friend always gives me a strange look when I dress like this and I want to know if you think I'm embarrassing him? - - Brenda. ^ DEAp BRENDA: I wouldn't know about the embarrassment because if boys aren't embarrassed over some of today's hair styles, two braids shouldn't^ihake up a guy that much. He's probably surprised. Is that the right word? DEAR DAN: I'm a girl of 12 and I have many favorite television programs. My father got mad at the entire family last night and said he was sick and tired of having to say something three and four times because everybody would be paying attention to television and not to him. Now he says there will be no television all summer and today he took the set and stored it in the basement. I try to be a good girl and I think this is something he could have thought about before going ahead and doing what he did. Now Mom is mad at him and my little brother is mad at me because he said I started it all. Do you think my father was right in taking away our television privileges for the summer? -- Leslie. DEAR LESLIE: Maybe your father wasn't right but I soundly approve of his actions. More father should either take the sets and either store them away or unplug them I marinas and the McHenry for a few weeks. Summer is no season of the year to be j County Clean Streams comglued to the TV set. (Jet outdoors and enjoy the nice j mittee. weather. DEAR DAN: I got into some serious trouble with the police three years ago \frhen I was 15 and this town won't let me forget it. I was with three other boys three years ago when they picked up a boy and his girl, beat him up and took her out in the country. I didn't touch either one and this couple said so in court but because I was with these older guys, they were all 17 and 18 at the tiihexl was told I was just about as guilty. \ \ The three boys were sent away <anq I was put on probation but now that I think about this, I got the worst treatment. I'll be starting my senior year in School this fall and I still haven't had my first date here. I've dated girls from other towns but I want to date some of the girls I go to classes with but they won't have anything to do with' me. I've never been in any trouble, I work hard and I have several close friends of guys my own age but no girl friend. If I ask a girl for a date, she just about throws daggers at me. The reason I'm writing is to ask if you think it would be smart to go to another high school in another town for my final year. My uncle says I can live with him. My father , says I should stay here and face the music but my mother j . l h o i e says whatever I decide will be all right with her. I can BOAT OWNERS REMINDED OF SEALING PROGRAM A reminder is again given that June 30 is the date of the boat sealing ordinance. The sheriff's office will patrol the waters in this area, and fines will be levied on violators. The maximuhi fine is $200. The enforcement program is a follow-up of the project undertaken in recent years by the local police force, the Sealing should be done by plugging the water inlet with a stopper. McHENRY ACTS TO BE ENTERED IN COMPETITION Three stage acts directed by Mrs. Merle Gardiner of Mc- Iienry will appear among fifteen in a talent show to be held in Dundee? at the V.F.W. .clubhouse on July 6, when trophies will be awarded the winners. The three McHenry acts, all previous winners in competition, will appear among sinking, dancing, instrumental and novelty groups. will be four winners i in ' district competition, and come home on weekends if I wish so it wouldn't be. a case j these one will be selectof not seeing my family from one month to the next. What's your verdict? Guilty of Nothing. DEAR (il'ILTY: I never favor teen-agers living with relatives except in rare instances but this may be one of those instances. No matter what happened, it happened three years ago and 1 think it's time you were given a chance. As long as you can't get that chance in your home town, you'd be better off living with your aunt and uncle. Good luck. DEAR DAN: I'm scared. I was at a house party last weekend and things got a little out of hand. I had three drinks but as weak as they were. I did things I'm now ashamed of doing. What worries me is this one boy. He was there and he furnished the liquor and he says if I don't start being nice to him, he's going to make sure my parents find out what happened. Don t get the wrong idea. Nothing too bad happened but I do remember swearing and doing a terrible dance yvith everybody watching. I've talked this over with some of the other girls at the party and they say this boy has also threatened them. What should we do? If I tell my parents, and I know that s what you'll tell me to do, my father will kill me. -- B. I. DEAR B. I.: You can either tell your parents or sweat this out and live in fear this boy will speak out. Can't some of the other boys talk to him? If they do talk to him, they might remind him that as long as he was the one who furnished the liquor, he's going to wind up in trouble if you girls do. I don't usually approve of girls keeping secrets from their parents but in this case, there may have to be an ex. caption. Don't be "nice" to this boy and try not to worry about him. He'll wind up in the jack-pot if he says anything and in order to protect himself, I'm sure he'll keep quiet. If nothing else, let this be a lesson you'll always remember. DEAR DAN: My girl called me a cheapskate last night because I only had "two dollars to spend on our date. What should a boy of 15 spend on a date? -- Barney. DEAR BARNEY: Two or $3 can get you by any date and if your girl thinks you should spend more, maybe it's time she shopped around for a wealthier steady. DEAR DAN: My girl doesn't drink and she doesn't want me to drink. She's almost a fanatic about beer and liquor and what gripes me iS that I only take a beer about once a week. Lverytime we go out dancing and I order a drink she just blows up. I'm a guy of 22 and she's 19 and I think I'm old enough to have a drink once in a while without being given the kind of rough treatment she's handing out. Our friends say she's wrong but she doesn't know that. What do you think about this? It's getting worse everytime we date. --- One Beer Boy Friend. eci by a judge to appear at McCormick Place on Aug. 4. The winner in that select judging will be sent to Hollywood. The contest is under the direction of the Talented Teens Foundation. BOND SALES IN COUNTY TOTAL7 $117,606 IN MAY McHenry county residents purchased a total of $117,606 in series E and H United States savings bonds in May, according to Harold J. Bacon o f C r y s t a l L a k e , g e n e r a l county chairman of the Savings Bonds committee. Sales in the state of Illinois totaled 525,627,427, and were 10.4 per cent below last year's total for the month, according to Arnold J. Rauen of McHenry, state director of the U. S. Treasury's Savings Bonds division. Illinois sales represented 7.2 per cent of the n a t i o n a l t o t a l w h i c h w a s 553.000,000. In the first, five months of this year Illinois sales accounted for 38.1 per cent of the state's annual quota which is $382,000,000. DEAR BOY FRIEND: I'm from the school that believes a person who doesn't drink is better off than a person who does but I m also broadminded enough to believe a fellow having a drink now and then isn't breaking the law. This is something your girl and you are going to have to work out and as you say, you're 22. If you give up your occasional !• P. Se her' <me of two th'ngs will happen. She'll either think you're the greatest guy hi the world and life will be smooth as silk or she'll make further demands on you. If you don't bow to her wish, you're running the risk of eventually going your separate ways. If she's as much iagainst drinking as you say, there's probably no happy ^mprom.se « s going to have to be one or the other and which it will be will be for the two of you to decide. Just as an afterthought, I would rate my favorite irfrl ahead of a glass of beer. No astronomer, even with most powerful telescopes available, has ever been able to linrl the end of our universe. Eighteen of our Presidents have seen militaiy service, but only two have been wounded in battle I Hayes and Monroe). Q. How can I shrink colored cottons and linens? A. Soak in cold water for several hours, then squeeze out the water, but don't wring the material. Hang on clothesline, or if you have an automatic dryer, dry it in this machine w i t h several dry Turkish towels that will buffer the fabric as it tumble-dries. Buy nonshrunk cottons and linens with the foreknowledge that these materials will shrink anywhere from one to three inches per yard. Q. What can I do about the bacon drippings in my oven ? A. Turn off the pilot liglit, place a bowl of ammonia inside tlie oven, and close the door. The ammonia fumes will loosen the charred drippings and make your oven much easier to clean. Q. How can I prevent the starch ftom being blown out of freshly-laundered clothes when drying them outside on a windy day? A. Try adding a little salt to your starch. Q. What have you to say about the, idea of soaking c l o t h e s b e f o r e l a u n d e r i n g them? A. Be sure not to soak the clothes so long that the dirt is distributed through the fabrics. When soaking in hot water, don't allow the water to cool before washing. If soaking overnight, be sure the sudsy water is cold, or > our clothes will take on a poor color. Q. How can I renew the finish on some of my furniture? A. Equal parts of boiled linseed oil, turpentine, and white vinegar, applied with a bit of woolen rag and polished with a silk cloth, will renew the finish on furniture and also help to conceal some of the smaller blemishes. Q. How can I remove blood stains from silk? A. Moisten a few inches of white sewing silk on the tongue, roll it into a ball, and then rub this on the stain gently. Q. How can I take proper care of a chamois that has been used for cleaning windows or washing the car? A. Rinse the chamois out at least three times, shake well, and hang up to dry. Pull and shake it several times while drying, and this will keep it soft. The chamois should dry slowly and never in the sun. Q. How can I prevent icecube trays from sticking in the freezing compartment, of my refrigerator? A. You can avoid this sticking if you'll rub some oil or grease oil the bottoms of the trays. Or, take a piece of double-thickness waxed paper the same size as the tray, and keep it under the tray in the compartment. Q. How can I make a curled corner on a fiber rug lie flat? A. One way of remedying this situation is to insert two straight lengths of coathanger wire all the way into the rug hems. O. What is a good homemade solution for cleaning painted walls? A. Combine two ounces of borax, one teaspoon of ammonia, and two quarts of water. You'll need no soap. Apply this with a soft cloth. LAND BANK MEETING Tom Frey, manager of ihe Federal Land Bank Association of Woodstock, was in St. Louis last week to attend a meeting at the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis of all association managers and appraisers in the state. William A. Dickison, president of the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, reviewed the operations of the bank with particular emphasis on the increasing loan volume. Loans outstanding have now reached a new record high of $285,094,000 to 33,676 farmers in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. The Federal Land Bank Association of Woodstock serves farmers in Lake, McHenry and Boone counties. The association now has loans outstanding totaling $7,000,000. These young people are winners in the recent American Legion auxiliary essay contest on the subject, "What Patriotism Means To Me." All received cash awards for their ^innings. In front, left to right, are Laverne Nyden and Cathy Murray. In the back. row are Marlene Viita, Patricia Foran, Cheri Janquart and Leonard Szarek. HERE AND THERE IN BUSINESS OFFER NEW DIALING Two types of automatic dial t e l e p h o n e s w h i c h p r o v i d e greater ease and efficiency in placing calls are now available in Illinois, it was announced today by R. C. Zahn, manager. Illinois Bell Telephone company. These new types, Card Dialer and Rapidial, are designed primarily for jhusiness use. Both operate on the principle of automatic dialing of prerecorded telephone numbers. "This new development in automatic dialing is an aid to people who make many calls or who call the same numbers frequently, Zahn explained. Both models increase efficiency of the telephone as an aid in any type of business. They minimize errors in dialing and speed the mechanics of phoning, he added, and they can be used for local, long distance or internal calls. PURCHASE TAP Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blaskis are the new owners of the Spring Beach tap in Gary. Mr. Blaskis formerly operated the Riverside Laundromat in McHenry. Legal NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS • Sealed Proposals will be received by the Highway Commissioner, McHenry Road District, McHenry County, for the improvement of East Wonder Lake R.oad. The proposed improvement consists of grading, gravel, and a bituminous surface. Proposals may be obtained at the Highway Commissioner's office, 920 N. Front Street, McKenry, Illinois, and returned no later than 5:00 P.M.. July lQf 1962. CHARLES J. MILLER Highway Commissioner (Pub. June 28, 1962) DOWN TO SEA Those who go down to the sea for dips should know something about the waters in which they plan to swim. Unfamiliar waters carry unknown hazards, according to the Institute for Safer Living. 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